by Rich Patterson | Sep 4, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Community Activities Remember those “good kids” that participate in extracurricular activities? 41% of those same kids also participate in clubs and organizations outside of school, according to the Search-Institute of Minneapolis. Take...
by Rich Patterson | Aug 30, 2019 | Parenting, Resilience
What Kids Need: Music Not just music, playing an instrument or learning to sing. As a high school band director for many years, I can say with authority that the kids involved in band, orchestra, or choir are good. They often take private lessons and practice their...
by Rich Patterson | May 24, 2019 | Achievement, Character, Personal Improvement
Price To Pay My mentor John Maxwell is fond of saying, “Anything worthwhile is always uphill.” When we start to believe that and not try to look for shortcuts, we realize that there is a Price To Pay for success, for personal victory, for healthy...
by Rich Patterson | May 13, 2019 | Encouragement, Personal Improvement
Finding The Middle Ground When we help our kids and ourselves pay attention to the Middle Ground of life, we teach determination, perseverance, and integrity. Those are never bad things to pass on to our kids and reaffirm in ourselves. So often in life, we look...
by Rich Patterson | May 10, 2019 | Achievement, Character, Encouragement
Being Relentless Take the opportunity now to be relentless in letting go of the past and pursuing the greatness that awaits you. When we want something to the level that is consuming our passion, then rise up and relentlessly pursue the victory that awaits us. It...
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